Research Ethics
Research Design
Literature Reviews
Data Analysis
Critical Thinking
100
University affiliated committee that oversees research ethics
What is an IRB (Institutional Review Board)
100
In an experimental study, the group of participants that does not receive the treatment
What is a control group?
100
Term used to describe the format for writing papers in psychology
What is APA style?
100
Statistical term that denotes the relationship between two variables?
What is a correlation coefficient?
100
Refers to the "consistency" of a measure
What is reliability?
200
A signed agreement providing research participants with accurate information about the nature of the research and their rights along with perceived risks
What is informed consent?
200
Experimental design in which the dependent variable is measured both before and after the manipulation of the independent variable
What is pretest-posttest design?
200
Term for this: (Smith, 2008)
What is a citation?
200
Appropriate statistical analysis to run if you are interested in gender differences on a measure of self-esteem
What is an independent samples t-test?
200
An incorrect decision to reject the null hypothesis when it is in fact true
What is Type I error?
300
Making sure that the responses of individual participants cannot be identified by someone outside the research project
What is confidentiality?
300
Hypothesis suggesting that there will be no differences between treatment groups
What is a null hypothesis?
300
An online research search tool for Psychology that is similar to PsycInfo
What is Academic Search Complete?
300
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What is a negative correlation?
300
A statistical procedure for combining the results of a number of studies on a particular topic in order to describe some general outcomes
What is a meta-analysis?
400
Researcher who used deception to entice participants to administer "painful" electrical shocks
Who is Stanley Milgram?
400
Design employed when two groups of ADHD children receive different treatments and then are evaluated on how well they can remain seated during a task.
What is a post-test only design?
400
An important consideration for how well you can generalize the results of a study to a particular population
What is randomness of sample or sample size?
400
Statistical technique used if you wanted to "predict" an individual's GPA on the basis of such variables as intelligence, study time, and attendance at school.
What is multiple regression?
400
A means of establishing how well a measure compares to existing measures of the same construct
What is concurrent or convergent validity?
500
The practice of providing research participants with full disclosure about the purposes of the study at the conclusion of the project
What is debriefing?
500
Type of design employed if two separate first grade classrooms were administered a reading test, then one class received a new, improved reading curriculum while the other received the traditional method, and then later were again administered the reading test
What is non equivalent control group design?
500
An alphanumeric string assigned to an article by a publisher to assist in locating it.
What is a Digital Object Identifier (D.O.I)
500
Maturation, history, observer bias, or other uncontrolled variables in an experiment that may influence the results
What are confounds?
500
The process by which journals in psychology make decisions about which manuscripts to select for publication
What is blind peer review?
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